Ashley, Penelope and I enjoyed briefing our teams on Catholicism this morning. It’s also our D Day or Dedication Day. We always have gifts for our team leaders!

The Golden Egg of Eggcellence.

Bubbleation!

P likes the “It’s up to ME” baton!


I went for the sarape/mariachi look today!

Anointing with oil from the Holy Land.

Promise to pray.

Signing the Landing Pad.

Glad to have Kathy come for our last day of the Spring Teams!

Went on Safari to Plaza Fiesta.

Penelope loves shiny shoes!

After looking around Plaza Fiesta, we also checked out Enigmas, another botanica.
Voodoo dolls and monkey paws. Whoa.

Then to the missions!

I sent Ashley and the baby on home early. I hate waking up Penelope when she’s resting. Ashley has done a phenomenal job with the teams. I can’t believe how awesome it is to work with Ashley and Penelope. I’m so lucky.

I helped the teams get on site.

Went by the bank to get some money for one of our partners.

Checked on the teams.

Looks like Jesse may have bed bugs. That’s not zesty. We’ve only seen one. He’s cleaning all his bedding now. I’ll talk to the manager tomorrow to get an exterminator over there. He can stay with us while all that is going on.

Got home late after helping J. K was already asleep. 6am comes mighty early!

Looking forward to a break tomorrow. I’m always a bit sad when the last team leaves. It means much less A&P time. No way that’s good. : (

Admin duties now.

I took Kathy out to eat Wednesday evening. I like shooting lights like this with a slow shutter speed.

I’m studying Hebrew in preparation to my trip to Israel in May. For the first time, I really understand Ashley’s tattoo. It’s the Tetragrammaton, or the four consonants that the name for the Lord, Yod Heh Vev Heh.

Ashley, Penelope and I enjoyed briefing our team on Judaism, Christianity and Islam this morning.

We had our Red Thread ceremony.

It’s our wearable Prayer Trigger!

Then on Safari to Global Mall.

Delicious Indian food!

Shiv Mandir.

Then to the BAPS temple. It’s the third largest Hindu temple in the world.

Finished our Safari with a visit to Al Madina, a great representation of the Middle East.

Then to the missions!

They are doing a great job!

Admin duties now.

Gas continues to creep up.

Ashley, Penelope and I had a great time briefing the team from Mobile, AL on Hinduism and Buddhism.

We took them on safari to Asian Square where we saw where the Buddhists buy their idols, enjoyed a coconut bun at Hong Kong Bakery, and saw snakes in a jar at Pho Hoa.

Had Malaysian food at Penang.

Then to China Town for calligraphy, the Serenity Garden and mochi ice cream.


P was digging the calligraphy.

I love Ash in this dress.

They did a great job at the missions.




Home to work on grant proposal documentation, and admin duties.

Beauty!

I want to know.

I edited my sermon, Outreach Greatest Hits, encoded it as an mpeg4 file and uploaded to YouTube. Click “HERE” to see the sermon! I just watched it. My overwhelming humility keeps me from going on and on about how good it is.

Met up with Ashley at FBC Doraville.

GREAT to see all THREE of my girls today!

We gave our initial briefing.

Then took them on Safari to the Buford Highway Farmers Market.


Kissing the frozen sheep head.

Amazing what I can get people to do.

Then to Azalea Place and Huntington Terraces!




Penelope is always a hit.

Made some keys for the mission.

Went to Michaels to get more Red Thread.

Home to watch Foyle’s War with K.

Admin duties now.

Saturday evening I worked on updating my Twitter feed.

I was in Rabbi Mode this morning at Westside Baptist Church!

I spoke on Outreach Greatest Hits. My favorite ways to share the Gospel! I recorded my sermon and will have it online soon!

Decision cards.

Came home and started cleaning again. Cycle of sweeping, vacuuming and swiffering.

Everything was dusty. Looks great now!

Met up with Ashley at FBC Doraville. We set up the fellowship hall for The Show.

Always glad to have Penelope!

The dogwoods are fantastic at the church.

Room is dust free. Amazing.

Watched Foyle’s War and Death in Paradise with K.

Edited the video of my sermon this morning. It’s converting the video into mpeg4 format. Then I’ll upload it to YouTube. Finally, I’ll make a copy and give it to Pastor Ben.

Admin duties now.

Beautiful moon.

I love the geometry.

I like doing shots with bright lights and manipulating the camera set on slow shutter speed. This neon is at our favorite Mexican food restaurant, El Torerro.

Spruced up St. Francis.

Cleaned up around the house.

Dusted and cleaned the rugs around my bed.

Lot of sweeping.

Had to get refills for my swiffer mop. Highly recommended.

Vacuumed the house.

Cleaned the stairs.

Wrung out the rugs.

Took my plants outside. Then K told me it’s going to get cold tonight. I’m sure they’ll be fine.






Got a good start on cleaning my downstairs area.

Washed Lil’ Red.


Shopping at Wal Mart.

Looking forward to some down time with K this evening.

I preach at Westside Baptist Church tomorrow morning. That’s where K and I go to church.

Spring Break is here! I’ve done a lot of work and had a lot of fun!

Wednesday, I gave myself a hair cut. I always leave the trimmings for the birds to use to line their nests.

The Gold Lamps turned out great!

I helped Ashley get the Corolla over to the Toyota dealership. They had to change out the air bags.

Always great to hang out with Penelope!

I got Ashley a Ipad mini! We’ll be able to use that a lot with teams!

Took the financial report to our treasurer’s house.

Wednesday evening I went to see one of my favorite guitar players, Robin Trower.


The warm up band was Josh Taerk. I got to meet him.

Robin did a great job. He reminded me of Jimi Hendrix.

But I did get tired of the long, almost never ending guitar solos.

I like the art work near Variety Playhouse.




Thursday, I went by FBC Doraville to pick up the mail. Amen for supporters!

I then got on the Marta and rode it to Peachtree Center which is right beside the MARTA station. Met up with my friend Michelange Quay at the Marriot. Beauty place!

He spoke at the African Literary Conference.



He produced and wrote a movie called “Mange me corps” set in Haiti. Interesting style. It was fun to sit in on the conference.

Interesting sculpture.

Fountain.

Sky view.

After he spoke at the conference, I took him on safari to Stone Mountain for sunset.

Fantastic.

Going up or going down?

It was amazing.

He liked the QT Slurrys. Extra, extra Reece’s Pieces.

Went to CD Tower.

Also went to the Hong Kong Bakery for coconut buns. And Hoa Da to see Cobra’s in a jar.

China Town and White Windmill were great! And then ate at China Delight. Good times with some fun company.

The azaleas have been fantastic!

Truth!

Not the best parking job!

I like the sound of this!

Then there’s this.

Productive day!

A year ago today I first saw my hummingbirds back. I worked on cleaning the feeders again. I actually leave them up all year long. Wishful thinking I reckon. I have fewer each year. Same for honey bees.

I didn’t see them. : (

One of my favorite things: RECORDING!

This is a terrific episode of Verbal Surgery! Want to get better? Just speed up a little with “Large Format!” Just click on the title and GROOVE!

Uploaded to my server.

Posted on Facebook.

Dropped off Jesse’s taxes to the mail.

Did the shopping at Walmart.

Helped the guys at Discount Appliance install our new washing machine. Yeah, baby!

Exciting news! I’m headed to the Holy Land! I booked my tickets from the ATL to Tel Aviv for May 2nd coming home on the 16th.

I’m really looking forward to studying and learning more about Judaism and how it fits with what we believe as Christians. It’ll be a fun sabbatical!

After I figured out what flights to take (lots of things to consider!) I went outside and worked on the yard.

Mowed.

Raked.


Weeded.

Cleaned up. Very, very close to work.

I bought some little clay lamps from Israel a few months ago. My original plan didn’t work out. I had thought we would take them to Stone Mountain in the evening and have a prayer service.

They didn’t light up very well. And I found out we weren’t allowed on Stone Mountain after dark.

So I decided to paint them gold and give them as gifts to the team leaders who work with us!

Showered and looking forward to spending time with K. We enjoyed watching part of Foyle’s War.

This tree is a survivor!

Lots of important work today! I’m still feeling a little bit under the weather. Drank too much water last night and had to wake up to go to the bathroom about every hour. That’s not zesty.

Our washing machine went dead Saturday.

I had to drain the water out.

Wring the clothes.

Put the clothes in a bag. Unhook the machine.

Then take the old machine outside for pick up tomorrow.

K and I dropped off “Big Red” the Expedition, off at Stone Mountain Tire and Battery. This morning, they put on tires all the way around!


Stopped at Pet Smart to pick up another draining hose. I broke the other one I had working on the washing machine.

Went to our Discount Appliance place to pick out another refurbished machine.


For $250, I got a heavy duty washer that they’ll deliver to our house and hook up and take the old one away. Sounds like a plan!

There’s a good gyro place near the appliance store. I picked up several gyro plates and took them to Ashley’s house.

Always great to see P!

Came home to work on updating the podcasts to my Verbal Surgery website.

Spent good time with Jesse!

He’s great with tech! Kathy’s phone had pretty much stopped working. I upgraded my phone and gave her my old one. It’ll be a vast improvement for us both. We are on the “Next” plan, so we can upgrade every year.

I also got a surprise for Ashley while I was there.

Wild flowers!

I love my new bromeliad!

Kathy and I had a great time at Rockbridge Baptist Church this morning.


I really enjoyed listening to Carl Barrington’s exposition in Daniel.

I preached on “Outreach Greatest Hits.” I went in Rabbi Mode. The messaged seemed well received! We’ll see what happens.

Had lunch with Kathy and our friends Carl and Pat Barrington after church. Great time with them.

Resting now and admin duties.

Looking forward to time with K!